Index of central obesity is better than waist circumference in defining metabolic syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-527

  Parikh, Rakesh M ^a   Joshi, Shashank R ^b   Pandia, Kirti ^c  

^a S K Soni Hospital   (India)

^b Lilawati Hospital   (India)

^c D Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 73649096602     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2008.0102     Document Type: Article

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